manual choke to automatic choke?

[Nath]

can it be done, and if so how? im fed up of sitting with my foot on the accelerator trying to keep it ticking over for 10 minutes in the morning lol

[Donova]

Automatic chokes are crap (allegedly) there must be something wrong if you have to sit with your foot on the pedal for ten minutes:(

[Nath]

takes me ages to get it warm enough so that itll run smoothly. my old 1.2 carb nova used to take aslong too

[Riggy]

nath is it a 1.2 now ?

if it is get yourself a 1.3 inlet and carb and fit that , you will also need the accelerator cable and prob all the water pipes to the 1.3 carb

once fitted use the black and yellow wire that is tapped up near the starter - this plugs into the front of the 1.3 carb for the auto choke :thumb:

[dannyb]

A friend had a VW Jetta with an auto choke and it was gash, stick with the manual, and have it looked at. My 1.2 merit needs a bit of choke for getting going and when i stop for roundabouts its best to keep it out halfway. Its an old car and I gotta put up with some annoying little things!!

[Adam]

Ye, stick with the manual choke, less hassel as you can control it.

Or do as Riggy said and fit a SR carb and inlet on, for auto choke and a twin choke carb.

[orange_andy]

i got that problem with my sr, the colder it is the harder to start, make sure you got the standard filter on makes a HUGGEEEEEE difference,

[nova~norm]

my 1.2 does the same when its cold jisy keep choke hale out with bit revs and comes ok once heated up that bein one o the reasons i want a c20xe

[Nath]

yep its a 1.2 with standered filter and carb on. its not a problem but just thought itd be easier with a auto choke. as for having to have the choke out when im driving i dont do that. once the cars got upto the first mark on the digi dash the choke goes in and it runs perfect. i kow the timing etc is set perfect as i only had it done last week.

cheers guys!

[nova~norm]

i kno this has nothing to do with ur problem bud did u fit ur digi dask

[nova~norm]

dash

[Nath]

u mean fit it properly into my dash? no i still havnt got round too it. will have another go tommorow, still cannot see how its going to fit in though.

[nova~norm]

arite cheers i aint atempted mine yet some one said it was pritty hard even more so on a mark one let ma kno how u get on mite jist ahve t put in a mk2 dash!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nath]

the dash is easy enough to fit aslong as you follow the wiring instructions.

[nova~norm]

does it fit the mk 1 dash ok?some one said suming about having t hack awa at the dash to get it to fit

[Adam]

Nope/\
It doesn't fit in a mk1 dash without modding it.

[nova~norm]

i think u told me that b4 so many ppl telling me diffrnt things think mite jist put in a mk2 dash save any hassel!